We offered opportunities through a collaboration between We Rise Together: For an Equitable & Just Recovery, the Small Business Advocacy Council, and Allies for Community Business. This initiative helped provide knowledge and funding to qualified small business owners seeking to transition into a brick-and-mortar establishment.
This project supported neighborhoods in Chicago’s south and west sides by presenting local businesses without physical space with opportunities to secure a brick-and-mortar establishment, connecting those businesses with property owners, providing coaching and information sessions to those businesses, and providing eligible businesses with up to $12,500 to support their transition to physical space.
Filling vacant properties give communities a better opportunity to thrive.
Connecting Chicago property owners with small businesses will revitalize communities and boost local economies.
If you have any questions, please contact us using the information provided below.
Natalia Borowska
SBAC Community Engagement Specialist
(312) 548-8608